A HISTORY (IF SHORTIIORXS IN KANSAS 633 



Tbe Tjvoii (•(iiuity assor-iation sold at Emporia on 

 the 22(1, the worst day of the winter, with only 

 forty persons present. Prices rnled low. The 

 l)ig- sales at Wichita were quite snappy and the 

 prices received, while sharply lower, were very 

 satisfactory. Breedei's were ,2,-enerally agi-eed 

 that Shorthorn values had suffered a loss of 

 from 25 to 50 per cent from the peak. 



A mnnhei' of coiuities have forged ahead with- 

 in the past eighteen months in a manner worthy 

 of special mention. Ahout fort>' new breeders 

 have l)een started in Leavenworth county and a 

 large sale pavilion has been erected. I. N. Chap- 

 man, county agent, and Otto II. Wulfekuhler, 

 bankei', should be given ei-edit for l^eing among 

 the foremost pushers. 



Hai'pei' county fairly jumped into rank as one 

 of the leading Shorthorn counties. There are 

 now more than fifty breeders in the county. A 

 large sale pavilion has been l;)uilt and big Short- 

 horn shows are being held. While a number of 

 i:)ersons desei've credit for this, it is conceded that 

 a woman did it. Miss Marguerite V. Stanley is 

 the leading spirit in the work and secretary of 

 the county association. She had the satisfac- 

 tion of seeing her herd bull. Secret Rol)in, made 

 grand champion at the 1920 show. 



Summer county is doing much in an educa- 

 tional wav for the Shorthorn breeders. It is an 



